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The official organ of the Victorian Race Walking Club2010/2011 Number 42

19 July 2011

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VRWC ROADWALKS, MIDDLE PARK, SUNDAY 17 JULY 2011

Conditions were perfect for the 67 walkers who toed the line at Middle Park on Saturday in another round of VRWC winter road walks. The longest distance on offer was 10km and we saw some great PBs from Amelia Finnegan 52:56, Michelle Laufer 54:53 and Michelle Thompson 57:37 as well as a first time ever 10km walk by Simone O'Neill 1:09:21. Of the men, Aaron McDonough was well ahead with his time of 52:50. Aaron, Michelle Thompson and Amelia were our handicap winners as expected.

10km Open H'cap1. Finnegan, Amelia 52:56 1 PB 2:232. Laufer, Michelle 54:53 4 PB 1:073. Hockley-Samon, Jmara 56:39 54. Thompson, Michelle 57:37 1 PP 1:545. Thompson, Alison 63:54 66. O'Neill, Simone 67:25 First Time7. O'Neill, Karyn 69:21 38. McNicol-Davison, Chloe 70:21 79. Attard, Bianca DNF

1. McDonough, Aaron 52:50 12. Lucas, Alan 59:54 33. Johnson, Tony 63:28 44. Gardiner, Bob 64:11 25. McNicol-Davidson, Cody 76:36 5

Aaron McDonough, Simone O'Neill, Amelia Finnegan, Michelle Laufer and Michelle Thompson in action

Quite a few walkers chose to do the shorter distances of 5km or 3km and once again there were PBs by Jade Sanders 29:20, Emily Hamilton 15:56 and Emily Swan 17:51. The winners were Stephanie George 26:46, Jared Walker 25:55, Gwen Steed 19:45, Gordon Onley 21:00, Emily Hamilton 15:56 and Billy Allamby 15:10.

5km Open H'cap1. George, Stephanie 26:46 32. Sanders, Jade 29:20 1 PB 1:023. Elms, Donna 30:56 44. Shaw, Robyn 31:28 2

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5. McIntyre, Gayle 32:02 66. Johnson, Celia 35:06 5

1. Walker, Jared 25:55 32. Tam, Aaron 26:07 13. Kennedy, Paul 26:10 44. Reid, Ross 28:18 5. Feain, Gerard 32:25 66. Barrow, Geoff 34:09 57. Wicks, Barrie 36:16 28. Poore, Alex 39:41 9. Wood, Robin 41:20

3km Open H'cap1. Steed, Gwen 19:45 22. Mews, Pam 30:52 1

Campbell, Caitlin DNF

1. Onley, Gordon 21:00

3km U15 H'cap1. Hamilton, Emily 15:56 3 PB 6 secs2. Walker, Megan 17:17 63. Swan, Emily 17:51 1 PB 34 secs4. De Lisen, Paige 17:55 55. Barbour, Beth 18:07 76. Campbell, Rebecca 19:33 47. Eastwood, Jessie 20:04 88. Feain, Madeleine 21:05 2

1. Allamby, Billy 15:10 22. McShanag, Connor 15:22 53. Swan, Kyle 15:33 44. Walmsley, Reese 16:16 15. Tremigliozzi, Paul 19:23 36. Feain, Lachlan 20:31 First Ever

Emily Hamilton, Emily Swan, Connor McShanag, Kyle Swan, Amelia Finnegan, Billy Allamby, Jared Walker and Jade Sanders

Our younger walkers had their Intervals races this week with the U12s racing 3x1km and the U9s racing 2x1km on the 10 minute mark. Everyone seemed to handle it well and most walkers held their pace from one interval to the next. We welcomed two new walkers in William and Tom Kennedy and they had a great time in their first ever walks. Overall, winners include Hayley George, Harry Hockley-Samon, Brianna Lillie and William Kennedy.

3x1km U12 Intervals Race 1st km 2nd km 3rd km Total Time 1. George, Hayley 5:26 5:29 5:29 16:24 2. Richardson, Brodie 5:15 5:31 5:44 16:30 3. Hodges, Mikhala 5:21 5:39 5:39 16:39 4. Lillie, Jessica 5:49 5:42 5:49 17:20 5. Crea, Gabriella 5:48 5:48 6:13 17:49 6. Hodges, Anaya 5:26 5:48 6:54 18:08

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7. Taylor, Lee 6:17 6:20 6:15 18:52 8. Eastwood, Jemma 6:04 6:26 6:58 19:28 9. Miller, Tegan 7:00 7:31 9:04 23:35

1. Hockley-Samon, Harry 5:14 5:24 5:25 16:03 2. Brennan, Jonty 5:14 5:28 5:26 16:083. Walmsley, Hayden 5:48 5:54 5:45 17:27 4. O'Mahony, Brendon 5:49 5:46 6:01 17:36 5. Wright, Ethan 6:08 6:23 6:56 19:27

2x1km U9 Intervals Race 1st km 2nd km Total Time 1. Lillie, Brianna 5:58 5:53 11:51 2. Brennan, Mercedes 5:57 5:57 11:54 3. O'Mahony, Kathleen 5:58 6:01 11:59

1. Kennedy, William 5:49 6:10 11:59 2. Kennedy, Tom 7:27 7:55 15:22

Jonty Brennan, Brodie Richardson, Harry Hockley-Samon, Hayley George, Kathleen O'Mahony, Brianna Lillie and Mercedes Brennan

William (left) and Tom (right) Kennedy enjoy their first walks. Middle - Bob Gardiner walks to the finish line with Tom

Thanks to the many people who helped out on Saturday. It takes a lot of people power to run a weekly carnival of this size.

Officials Tim Erickson, Ian Laurie, Natalie Laurie, Peter Kozaris, Susan Taylor, Mark O'Mahony, Harry Summers, Damien Elms

Judges: Peter Vysma (Chief), Stuart Cooper, Lloyd Nichols, Ralph Bennett, Michael Bodey, Frances Attard (recorder)

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Course Setup: Bob Gardiner, Harry Summers, Peter Vysma, Ross Reid Photos: Terry Swan Video: Frances Attard

As usual, Terry Swan was there taking photos as usual (I have used some of his photos in this report) so check out http://www.vrwc.org.au/coppermine to see all 70 of them. Also Frances Attard was also busy with the video camera as usual. She also had her video of last week's races on show and there was some great footage - I have extracted about 18 minutes from all the AV and AV Schools action and uploaded it to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1zUyMGU1Tg.

STYLE AWARD POINTS

Open & U15 Men Bob Gardiner 3 Aaron McDonough 3 Jared Walker 3 Tony Johnson 2 Ross Reid 2

Open & U15 Women Michelle Thompson 3 Megan Walker 3 Stephanie George 3 Emily Hamilton 3 Robyn Shaw 3 Jmara Hockley-Samon 2 Amelia Finnegan 2 Paige De Lisen 2 Michelle Laufer 1 Jade Sanders 1 Alison Thompson 1

SAMA ROADWALKS, WEST BEACH, ADELAIDE, SATURDAY 16 JULY

Thanks to Colin Hainsworth for his weekly South Australian Masters results from Adelaide. Colin's comments: Cold, sunny, calm arvo. West Beach, hilly course. Nearly came to a standstill fourth time up the hill near the start. At least it was down hill to the finish!

10k yacht handicap M67 Graham Harrison 1.06.35 74.55% M59 Kevin Finn 1.02.48 72.64% W46 Raelene Schild 1.14.59 59.61% M64 Geoff Byham 1.05.38 73.13% M81 Colin Hainsworth 1.19.50 75.6% W51 Marie Maxted 1.09.03 67.85% W69 Elaine MacFarlane 1.24.25 69.58% 5k yacht handicap M73 Rodger Barber 36.21 71.59% M68 Roger Lowe 37.24 65.38% W66 Jill Rogers 39.05 68.14% M61 Jeff Kennett 42.16 53.6% W60 Helen Suridge 33.40 73.41% W76 Ros. Elix 39.34 78.49% M75 Paul Boyce 39.02 68.49% Peter Papagiorgiou 41.35 W77 Cynthia Dally 42.28 74.44% W58 Edna Bates 43.24 55.68% W57 Linda Whitelaw 42.04 56.83%

SARWC ROADWALKS, ADELAIDE PARKLANDS, SATURDAY 16 JULY

Thanks to Peter Crump for his weekly report from Adelaid. There were some great 10km times recorded as detailed below.

Small numbers this week, for our segment of the interstate challenge. That did not stop some good times, with Tanya Holliday pulling out a big PB over 10km, which must have come from her workout in the Victorian winds last week. Justin Hill again showed he has more to come with a good PB over 10km. Jessica Stephens and Danielle Walsh did well over their extended 5km, which is well outside their normal working distance. Another PB for Alix Harlington over 2km, ahead of Rhiannon and Rhianna in good times for both.

10km Roadwalk1. Darren Bown 44:51 2. Tanya Holliday 44:55 3. Justin Hill 53:21 4. Yvette Becker 53:49 5. Peter Crump 54:31 6. Kim Mottrom 59:11

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7. Gloria Holliday 61:35 8. Jim Hoare 68:59 9. Bill Starr 72:05

5km Roadwalk1. Allegra Steele 28:13 2. Piper Douglas 29:39 3. Jessica Stephens 30:52 4. Danielle Walsh 32:17

2km Roadwalk1. Alix Harlington 10:27 2. Rhiannon Lovegrove 12:12 3. Rhianna Hooker 12:39

1.5km Roadwalk1. Summer 7:51

BENDIGO RACE WALKERS CLUB WALKS, LAKE NEANGAR, BENDIGO, SUNDAY 17 JULY

Thanks to Paul Rance for the weekly race results from Bendigo.

The Bendigo Walkers Club held 2km and 5km sealed handicap events at Lake Neangar in wet conditions on Sunday morning with a small number of walkers taking part. In the 2km race the sealed handicap section saw a dead heat between Annette Curtis and Paul Rance with Norm West in 3rd place while in the 5km event Zoe Boldiston racing over the distance for the first time scored a strong victory and also recorded fastest time with Barb Bryant 2 nd and Colin Cleary in 3rd place. Results (in handicap finishing order)

2km Handicap Walk E1. Annette Curtis equal 13.47E1. Paul Rance equal 10.173. Norm West 16.044. Ebony Whiley 11.41

5km Handicap Walk 1. Zoe Boldiston 26.022. Barb Bryant 29.103. Colin Cleary 37.36

RWCWA POSTAL CHALLENGE WALKS, WILSON, SUNDAY 17 JULY

Thanks to Rick Catermole for the results from the RWCWA Postal Challenge, held on Sunday in Perth.

Here are the final results of today's challenge at Wilson. Also thanks to our Judges etc for helping out and a mention must go to Jemma and Bre for graciously walking for us today even though they had just stepped off the plane a day earlier from hot, humid conditions in Malaysia into our cold dry Perth weather which was very hard to adjust to on such short time...thanks girls.

Masters men 10k 1. Daniel Lowe 65.07 Masters Women 10k 1. Vanessa Brown 62.15 Open Women 10k 1. Michelle Butler 59.38 U20 Women 10k 1. Andrea Hahn 68.20 U18 Women 8k 1. Melissa Ierace 57.05 U16 Women 5k 1. Breanna Brown 29.40

2. Caitlin Gerken 31.54 U14 3k women 1. Jemma Brown 20.25 U14 3k men 1. Christopher Gerken 24.39 U12 2k women 1. Melissa Butler 11.58

2. Ella Manso-Vukovich 12.23 U12 3k men 1. Luke Button 11.32 U10 1500m women 1. Summer Brown 8.54Open 5k Invitation 1. Janine Butler 38.05

And thanks to Rick for passing on details of the Malaysian meet which was held the previous weekend. It is a combined meet between 3 sporting bodies - SSAM (Malaysian Students Society of Manchester), SSSC (Singapore School Sports Council) and WAALA (Western Australian Little Athletics) - and includes 1500m walks. What a great opportunity for the WA walkers.

U14 girls 1500m1. Emma Norris WA 7.41.22

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2. Ashley Granado WA/RWCWA 7.51.38 3. Aina Fadhlin MALAYSIA 7.54.504. Jemma Brown WA/RWCWA 8.44.03

U15 girls 1500m1. Elena Goh Lin Yin MALAYSIA 6.55.58 2. Brooke Barritt WA 7.23.39 3. Breanna Brown WA/RWCWA 7.26.03 4. Katie Butterfield WA 8.55.58

U14 boys 1500m1. Mohammed Bin Karazaman MALAYSIA 6.39.66 2. Amirudin Rushdi SINGAPORE 7.24.66 3. Lachlan Furmann WA 7.59.12

U15 boys 1500m1. Muhammad Bin Salim MALAYSIA 6.14.22 2. Zac Partington WA 6.27.01

QRWC ROADWALKS, MORNINGSIDE, SUNDAY 17 JULY

Thanks to Noela McKinven for the weekly results from Queensland where Dane Bird-Smith 42:28 and Rhydian Cowley 44:27 were the standout walkers.

A Grade 10km Men: (1) Dane Bird-Smith 42.28 (2) Rhydian Cowley 44.27 (3) Peter Bennett 53.24 (4) Paul Lindenberg 59.22 (5) John Harris 65.54

Dean Nipperess DNFWomen: (1) Kay Shaw 61.20

(2) Noela McKinven 78.26

B Grade 5km Men: (1) Richard Lynch 37.30Jesse Osborne DNF

Women: (1) Yue Guo 32.05 (2) Kate Sanford, Sally Lynch 34.13 (4) Christiane Dauphinet 39.28

C Grade 3km Men: (1) Trent Miles 17.29 Women: (1) Mikaela Woodward 17.32

Katya Martin DNF

E Grade 1.5km Girls: (1) Thalia Martin 10.09

ACT ROADWALKS, TOWNSEND PLACE, LAKE GINNINDERRA, SATURDAY 16 JULY

Thanks to Robin Whyte for the results from last Saturday's ACT Walking Club events

10km 1 Harry Bates 51:44 2 Ann Staunton-Jugovic 55:23 3 Bryan Thomas 01:09:24 4 Bob Parker 01:12:37 5 Warren Butler 01:19:49

4km 1 Peter Baker 21:50 2 Thomas Hopkins 22:55 3 Helena Bialecki 23:38 4 Jane Bates 24:31 5 Karina Hopkins 25:53 6 Terry Munro 28:33 7 Wendy Kupkee 28:38 8 Rosemary Parker 28:47 9 Jack Thackray 32:21 10 Helen Munro 36:40

2km 1 Thomas Hopkins 10:46 2 Callum Burns 10:57 3 Karina Hopkins 12:14 4 Jack Thackray 16:03 5 Carmen Carlon 19:35 6 Hilary Thackray 19:51 7 Karen Knowles 19:51

1km Spencer Burns 5:25

2011 WMA WORLD TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, SACRAMENTO, 7-17 JULY

Last week I reported on the 5000m walk results from the World Masters Championships in Sacramento. Since then, the 10km and 20km roadwalks have been held and the Aussies continued to star. Andrew Jamieson summed it up well in an email to me yesterday

Some great results for Aussie and Victorian athletes at the WMA Championships which are just finishing now. Individually there were 10 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze plus a swag of teams medals which I have not had time to count! The undoubted star was Lyn Ventris (WA) who at 54 years had the best female times in all three events. Heather Carr and Andrew Jamieson had three

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golds each (Andrew new 20k WR) and Stuart Kollmorgen gold in 20, silver in 10. Pam Tindal had the misfortune to be in Lyn Ventris's age group but scored three silvers. Liz Feldman won silvers in the 5 and 20 with bronze in 10. Russ Dickinson walked powerful races to win a bronze in the 10 and a silver in the 20. Nardene Hammond, now competing for Canada but still one of us, took a silver in the 20 and bronzes in the 5 and 10. James Seid-Christmass won a bronze in the 5 and Colin Heywood (suffering from a cold) took a plucky bronze in the 10. Annette Major walked beautifully in a tough age group for 4th in the 10.

The 5k was walked in extremely hot conditions but the 10 and 20 fortunately were in cooler weather. The tracks were good although the facilities, transport and many other factors we take for granted at this sort of event were very substandard. The officials and volunteers were great despite all the problems and Sacramento was a nice city which reminded us of Perth a lot.

Alan Lucas also pointed out to me that, in addition to all of the great walking results in Sacramento, Heather Carr also took 3rd in the W60 2km Steeplechase on the Sunday (the day after the 20km walk) and was only 2 seconds behind 2nd place.

The detailed results from the two roadwalks are on http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/07-06-wma/. This week I will report on last Tuesday's 10km walks. In next week's newsletter I will finish off with the 20km roadwalks which were held on Saturday. First, well done to our 10km medallists

W50 1 Ventris, Lynette W54 Australia 49:51.84 W60 1 Carr, Heather W61 Australia 57:19.43M65 1 Jamieson, Andrew M65 Australia 50:11.38 W50 2 Tindal, Pam W51 Australia 53:59.00 M40 2 Kollmorgen, Stuart M42 Australia 47:27.76 M55 3 Heywood, Colin M56 Australia 50:11.81M65 3 Dickenson, Russell M65 Australia 56:01.53W60 3 Feldman, Elizabeth W62 Australia 1:02:10.48

And now onto the complete 10km results

M35 10km Race Walk 1. Soto Maldonado, Etiel M38 Mexico 46:51.38 2. Babenko, Dmitry M38 Russia 48:30.58 3. Durand Pichard, David M39 France 51:23.14 4. Damaa, Ariunjargal M35 Mongolia 1:08:22.50

M40 10km Race Walk 1. Silva, Luis M40 Portugal 44:41.09 2. Kollmorgen, Stuart M42 Australia 47:27.76 3. Caliskan, Hakan M42 Turkey 51:40.82 4. Seid-Christmass, James M43 Australia 51:52.12 5. Jessurun, Ian M43 Australia 52:31.56 6. D'Orlando, Pasquale M42 Italy 53:43.32 7. Devcic, Berislav M44 Croatia 56:49.96 8. Kropik, Franz M43 Austria 1:01:01.60 9. Tardi, Emmanuel M44 France 1:11:41.85

Lorefice, Jorge M41 Argentina DQ

M45 10km Race Walk 1. Banda, Royce M45 Mexico 47:34.76 2. Gnauck, Dick M47 Germany 48:46.58 3. Meyer, Steffen M45 Germany 49:22.80 4. Xu, Jianping M45 Canada 51:05.78 5. Swanepoel, Hannes M45 South Africa 51:26.80 6. Hernandez Vega, Ivan M46 Puerto Rico 54:51.74 7. Swarts, David M46 United States 55:23.91 8. Leon Lara, Jose Alejandr M49 El Salvador 56:49.13 9. Young, Don M47 United States 58:36.22 10. Berner, Claude M48 Switzerland 1:00:09.67 11. Morrow, Art M47 United States 1:08:08.10 12. Brzezowsky, Roman M46 Austria 1:08:21.53 13. Dahlen, Neal M49 United States 1:12:14.76

M50 10km Race Walk 1. De Los Angeles, Guadalup M50 Mexico 50:07.16 2. Schroter, Uwe M51 Germany 51:08.53 3. Ferenc, Major M50 Hungary 51:37.96 4. Sansevrino, Antonio M51 Italy 51:57.23 5. Abadias Palacin, Luis M51 Spain 52:52.61 6. Evans, Simon M51 Australia 54:16.88 7. Bonvarlet, Patrick M51 France 54:36.60 8. Hastie, Garry M50 Australia 55:26.04 9. Rodriguez Escobedo, Jesu M52 Mexico 55:51.06

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10. Venturi Degli Espost, Fr M54 Italy 55:54.64 11. Cossy, Bernard M52 Switzerland 56:01.65 12. Kenney, James M54 Canada 57:44.31 13. Aunan, Tommy M52 United States 57:56.90 14. Pacheco, Omar M52 Mexico 59:00.83 15. Blanchard, Michael M50 United States 59:41.75 16. Reifinger, Markus M50 Austria 1:01:01.69 17. Marvingt, Serge M52 France 1:01:05.85 18. Van Heyningen, William M51 Curacao 1:01:16.58 19. Forero Suarez, Pedro M51 Colombia 1:12:14.06 20. Nanjundappa, Chandrashek M54 India 1:27:23.34

Lawrence, Don M51 United States DNF

M55 10km Race Walk 1. Matthews, Jonathan M55 United States 46:55.46 2. Shipitsyn, Anatoly M56 Russia 49:24.32 3. Heywood, Colin M56 Australia 50:11.81 4. Ruzzier, Fabio M58 Slovenia 50:31.75 5. Parker, Mike M58 New Zealand 50:58.63 6. Monna, Fabian M56 Colombia 51:37.07 7. Barabash, Vladimir M55 Russia 52:41.64 8. Green, Mark M55 United States 52:44.35 9. Shagaev, Vladimir M56 Russia 56:01.37 10. Pecinovsky, Steven M56 United States 57:36.55 11. Killingsworth, Kevin M55 United States 57:58.46 12. Aytmukhametor, Nariman M59 Russia 58:14.08 13. Thiedmann, Klaus M56 Germany 1:00:04.79 14. Reed, Bill M58 United States 1:00:33.01 15. Fasano, Sergio M59 Italy 1:00:43.35 16. Berendt, Joseph M55 United States 1:01:53.17 17. Corona Flores, Juan Manu M56 Mexico 1:02:07.05 18. Dunn, Rodney M58 Great Britain 1:02:39.56 19. Klein, Arthur M58 United States 1:03:28.59 20. Trofimov, Victor M55 Russia 1:06:21.67 21. Williamson, Conrad M56 United States 1:12:00.42 22. Twilling, John M59 United States 1:13:42.17

M60 10km Race Walk 1. Morotti, Graziano M60 Italy 49:33.13 2. Lopez Camarena, Jose Lui M61 Mexico 49:50.84 3. Richards, Ian M63 Great Britain 50:01.34 4. Schmid, Chris M64 United States 52:32.30 5. Pineda, Gildardo M64 Mexico 53:12.05 6. Niestelberger, Ludwig M63 Austria 53:38.76 7. Lopez, Jose Gpe. M61 Mexico 53:41.96 8. Kemsley, Eric M60 New Zealand 53:45.13 9. Smith, Andrew M61 United States 54:12.51 10. Wiggins, Michael M62 United States 55:32.45 11. Ponzio, Roby M63 Switzerland 57:02.96 12. Harper, Steve M60 United States 57:06.99 13. Pin, Jean Pierre M62 France 57:56.23 14. Keating, Robert M64 United States 58:30.74 15. Flamant, Claude M62 France 59:35.63 16. Siegele, Johann M62 Austria 59:47.13 17. Torabian, Shoja M62 United States 1:00:03.34 18. Yanybaev, Ivan M62 Russia 1:00:11.68 19. Savilonis, Brian M61 United States 1:01:33.62 20. McGuire, Richard M63 United States 1:05:19.44 21. Lopez Rendon, Benjamin M62 Mexico 1:08:18.95 22. Hysong, John M64 United States 1:09:25.55 23. Javier, Ramon M63 Dominican Republic 1:10:44.93 24. Brandenburg, Walter M64 Switzerland 1:11:38.71 25. Murphy, Garland M63 United States 1:15:41.16

M65 10km Race Walk 1. Jamieson, Andrew M65 Australia 50:11.38 2. Jobin, Marcel M69 Canada 55:50.77 3. Dickenson, Russell M65 Australia 56:01.53 4. White, George M66 Australia 56:13.55 5. Frable, Norman M65 United States 56:52.44 6. Jasionowski, Leon M67 United States 57:31.83

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7. Campbell, Richard M65 United States 57:36.69 8. Kok, Thomas M65 Malaysia 57:40.90 9. Rabatel, Fernand M65 France 57:58.32 10. McMullin, John M65 Ireland 58:33.44 11. Kittredge, John M66 Canada 1:00:42.42 12. Giese, Wolf-Dieter M68 Germany 1:03:56.62 13. Honkonen, Antti M65 Finland 1:05:12.20 14. Minose, Hiroshi M67 Japan 1:05:26.73 15. Armstrong, Peter M66 United States 1:07:27.75 16. Moore, Alan M66 United States 1:08:20.63 17. Poncin, Francois M66 France 1:08:45.84 18. Stewart, Walter M65 United States 1:10:06.88 19. Kobayashi, Tomone M67 Japan 1:14:00.47 20. Alvarez, Eduardo M66 Dominican Republic 1:14:17.86 21. Baker, Bobby M68 United States 1:19:04.86

M70 10km Race Walk 1. Ing.Strieder, Hermann M70 Austria 58:56.04 2. Kuchumor, Aglya M73 Russia 59:22.74 3. Shillabeer, Edmund M71 Great Britain 1:00:06.43 4. Beckett, James M72 United States 1:02:19.84 5. Gottert, Klaus M72 Germany 1:03:14.74 6. Domingos, Joao M73 Brazil 1:03:50.33 7. Sela, Patrick M71 Australia 1:05:15.16 8. Backlund, John M71 United States 1:07:05.84 9. Walters, Ronald M73 United States 1:07:14.44 10. de Coppest, Alexis M72 Switzerland 1:07:40.40 11. Fernandez, Juan M72 Mexico 1:09:24.66 12. Leblanc, Herve M72 Canada 1:10:06.99 13. Herrera Roman, Jorge M70 Mexico 1:13:04.31 14. Bhujade, Changdeo M71 India 1:13:58.17 15. Robles, Gilberto M73 Puerto Rico 1:17:43.34 16. Finch, Bernie M71 United States 1:17:49.85

M75 10km Race Walk 1. Poisner, Alan M76 United States 1:07:25.90 2. Tsukrov, Semen M75 Russia 1:07:31.71 3. Acosta, Carlos M77 United States 1:08:46.15 4. Everson, Ray M76 United States 1:09:51.76 5. Stevens, David M75 Great Britain 1:10:12.42 6. Gomes, Gerald M78 United States 1:11:18.10 7. DuBois, Alfred M79 United States 1:11:21.88 8. Petruzzi, Thomas M78 United States 1:16:11.73 9. Major, Geoff M75 Australia 1:18:26.74 10. Beaumont, Ian M75 Australia 1:20:52.53 11. Elkins, Cliff M79 United States 1:27:17.11 12. MacPike, Ron M78 United States 1:28:47.86

Alvarez, Luciano M77 Dominican Republic DNF

M80 10km Race Walk 1. Starr, John M82 United States 1:11:22.61 2. Moremen, William M83 United States 1:14:19.90 3. Michel Paoli, Sergio Aug M80 Dominican Republic 1:17:32.23 4. Saijo, Shinichi M81 Japan 1:23:22.46 5. Theurel Franoy, Teofilo M83 Mexico 1:23:29.83

M85 10km Race Walk 1. Amano, Kohsoh M85 Japan 1:19:46.55 2. Vallabhajosyula, Sriramu M87 India 1:21:22.44 3. Hansen, Richard M85 United States 1:27:54.14

W35 10km Race Walk 1. Schenker, Bianca W36 Germany 53:29.78 2. Schroter, Brit W36 Germany 53:40.16 3. Hammond, Nardene W39 Canada 54:09.89 4. Raetsen, Sarah W35 Canada 1:05:35.69 5. Beltran Ortiz, Ilda W36 Mexico 1:07:58.92

W40 10km Race Walk 1. Sunderland, Nyle W44 New Zealand 57:03.15 2. Stevenson, Tamara W41 United States 57:35.53

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3. Bogdanovich, Elena W44 Russia 1:02:52.47 4. Rossman, Diana W44 United States 1:04:40.29 5. Bergeson, Jolene W40 Canada 1:07:24.24 6. Schwendiman, Julie W43 United States 1:10:58.19 7. Stigwood, Rosemarie W43 Australia 1:17:49.53

W45 10km Race Walk 1. Grimes, Kathryn W47 United States 56:51.16 2. Brooke, Susan W46 Canada 57:27.82 3. Guzman Rodriguez, Maria W46 El Salvador 1:00:03.47 4. Major, Annette W48 Australia 1:02:45.10 5. Matthews, Stephanie W47 United States 1:02:51.15 6. Garson, Rebecca W46 United States 1:05:26.46 7. Bruning, Annmarie W46 United States 1:05:57.66 8. Armstrong, Ginger W48 United States 1:07:43.14 9. Martinez, Ana W48 Chile 1:09:17.74 10. Gormley, Anne W48 Ireland 1:09:23.83 11. Storrs, Helen W45 United States 1:20:21.90

Shepard, Elisabeth W46 United States DNF

W50 10km Race Walk 1. Ventris, Lynette W54 Australia 49:51.84 2. Tindal, Pam W51 Australia 53:59.00 3. Garcia Frontons, Carmen W50 Spain 57:59.52 4. Risk, Monica W53 South Africa 58:42.27 5. Cochereau, Veronique W51 France 58:48.11 6. Picard, Marie-Francoise W53 France 59:29.60 7. Ricciutelli, Daniela W54 Italy 1:00:55.44 8. Pritchard, Vicki W52 United States 1:02:02.67 9. Calleros, Maria W51 Mexico 1:04:38.53 10. Bellerud, Nana W51 Japan 1:05:15.31 11. Vazquez Prado, Concepcio W51 Mexico 1:05:48.62 12. Faber, Lena W53 Russia 1:07:43.47 13. Bishop, Fiona Jane W52 Great Britain 1:08:01.60 14. McIntyre, Susan W54 Canada 1:08:12.10 15. Calvert, Dawn W52 United States 1:12:29.13 16. McGuinness, Margaret W54 New Zealand 1:13:14.13 17. Wang, Michelle W54 Canada 1:15:44.84 18. Viramontes, Silvia W54 Mexico 1:17:01.98 19. Marvingt, Beatrice W52 France 1:18:05.46

W55 10km Race Walk 1. Nell, Barbara W56 South Africa 54:58.31 2. Flipsen, Johanna W56 Canada 56:53.47 3. Marcenco, Natali W56 Italy 58:29.33 4. Wilson, Linda W56 Canada 59:47.90 5. Topham, Debbie W58 United States 1:00:41.67 6. Vazquez Garcia, Rosa Elv W55 Mexico 1:01:24.07 7. Sweazey, Nancy W55 Canada 1:01:36.56 8. Stoyanowski, Karen W56 United States 1:02:18.62 9. Mayfield, Cathy W59 United States 1:04:09.83 10. Osorio, Dorys W56 Venezuela 1:04:52.93 11. Bonvarlet, Liliane W57 France 1:05:06.05 12. Alvarez, Aurora W59 Spain 1:05:20.93 13. Nityagovskaya, Liudmila W57 Russia 1:06:06.25 14. Poncet, Sabine W55 France 1:06:13.87 15. Mears, Susan W56 United States 1:06:22.74 16. Whalen, Liliana W59 Canada 1:06:51.94 17. Kozell, Kris W58 Canada 1:07:48.15 18. Green, Donna W58 United States 1:09:15.33 19. Gage, Joanne W56 Canada 1:10:54.67 20. Hysong, Phyllis W57 United States 1:12:30.72 21. Gonzalez, Ayde W58 Mexico 1:13:39.17 22. Woodburn, Melissa W58 United States 1:13:45.46 23. Toikka, Hillevi W58 Finland 1:15:49.37 24. Banuelos Ramirez, Rosa M W55 Mexico 1:25:05.00

Frias, Francisca W56 Mexico DQ

W60 10km Race Walk 1. Carr, Heather W61 Australia 57:19.43 2. Martino, Marianne W61 United States 1:01:53.52

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3. Feldman, Elizabeth W62 Australia 1:02:10.48 4. Hoskin, Sue W60 New Zealand 1:02:13.73 5. Geer, Panseluta W64 United States 1:03:16.55 6. Mendell, Paula W61 United States 1:03:53.25 7. Brandt, Diane W63 United States 1:06:37.75 8. Baglin, Mary W64 United States 1:06:50.00 9. Wilkinson, Carol W61 United States 1:08:47.84 10. McGuire, Doris W62 United States 1:11:07.14 11. Gomez, Blanca W64 Colombia 1:13:31.78 12. Gallegos Gonzalez, Marga W61 Mexico 1:13:57.83 13. Medina Neri, Maria Alber W61 Mexico 1:15:17.76 14. Cardiel Guajardo, Silvia W62 Mexico 1:15:28.76 15. Vargas oe Murillo, Diana W61 Peru 1:18:46.71 16. Coila, Sandy W60 United States 1:18:53.69 17. Cabrera Briseno, Imelda W61 Mexico 1:21:37.19

W65 10km Race Walk 1. Karetie, Pirjo W68 Finland 1:03:36.98 2. Matsumoto, Hatsue W69 Japan 1:05:42.19 3. Heller, Judy W65 United States 1:06:32.25 4. Balser, Kathleen W68 United States 1:07:21.12 5. Barber, Shirley W65 New Zealand 1:07:36.58 6. Lafayette, Donna W68 United States 1:07:50.72 7. de Coppet, Brigita W65 Switzerland 1:08:49.00 8. Pomario, Sheila W66 South Africa 1:09:02.01 9. Steigerwalt, Jolene W67 United States 1:09:19.30 10. Backlund, Darlene W65 United States 1:09:25.42 11. Frable, Kathleen W65 United States 1:10:02.94 12. Purcell, Joan W69 Australia 1:13:02.11 13. Sarkar, Eileen W69 Canada 1:13:38.01 14. Thornburg, B J W66 United States 1:14:03.54 15. Schickert, Lynne W69 Australia 1:14:07.58 16. Kolesnikova, Alla W69 Russia 1:14:08.09 17. Kallal, Elsie W67 United States 1:14:17.11 18. Hults, Sandra W69 United States 1:14:32.51 19. Bersaneti, Alice W65 Brazil 1:20:37.39 20. Sanchez Cruz, Santa W65 Puerto Rico 1:21:26.06 21. Kohigashi, Kiyoko W68 Brazil 1:28:14.44 22. Reynoso, Nohemi W67 Mexico 1:30:50.83 23. Bernaga Torres, Luz Elen W67 Mexico 1:33:20.11 24. Wahlberg, Marie-Louise W65 Sweden 1:41:08.27

W70 10km Race Walk 1. Richardson, Elton W72 United States 1:04:03.90 2. Walters, Louise W71 United States 1:04:04.22 3. Vey, Hildegard W70 South Africa 1:05:43.91 4. Robinson, Janet W70 United States 1:07:51.46 5. Cassels, Doris W71 United States 1:11:34.10 6. van Leeuwen, Dianne W70 Canada 1:12:12.55 7. Sinkovec, Rita W71 United States 1:12:24.31 8. Lebiedieva, Larysa W70 Ukraine 1:15:26.64 9. Hatfield, Roberta W70 United States 1:15:48.91 10. Paulina, Alejandro W73 Bolivia 1:17:10.01 11. Garcia Moreno, Maria Cel W72 Mexico 1:21:17.50 12. Beaumont, Margaret W73 Australia 1:23:53.74 13. Cabrera, Esther W74 Bolivia 1:25:02.07 14. Nagate, Masako W71 Japan 1:25:57.42

Frazer-Munroe, Ruth W74 Trinidad and Tobago DQ

W75 10km Race Walk 1. Dockstader, Shirley W78 United States 1:15:36.43 2. Horne, Jean W78 Canada 1:15:57.23 3. Meza Gonzalez, Alicia W75 Mexico 1:21:58.70 4. Gonzalez Gonzalez, Luisa W76 Mexico 1:25:03.15

W80 10km Race Walk 1. Carrier, Ruth W80 Canada 1:27:18.40 2. Moremen, Grace W80 United States 1:27:26.62 3. Elkins, Claire W81 United States 1:32:23.95

W90 10km Race Walk

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1. Ramirez vda de Banue, Ma W94 Mexico 1:51:29.16

We also scored 4 golds and 2 silvers in the associated Teams Events. Well done to the 18 walkers - that is most of the team!

M40 1 Australia Stuart Kollmorgen, James Seid-Christmass, Ian JessurunM50 1 Australia Colin Heywood, Simon Evans, Garry HastieM65 1 Australia Andrew Jamieson, Russ Dickenson, George WhiteM70 2 Australia Patrick Sela, Geoff Major, Ian BeaumontW45 1 Australia Lyn Ventris, Pam Tindal, Annette MajorW60 2 Australia Heather Carr, Liz Feldman, Joan Purcell

And photos - I have heaps, thanks to Emmanuel Tardi, John Ventis and others. And to top it off, Ian Jessurun has made his photos available online - thanks a lot Ian. Here is what Ian had to say

I raced the 10km but unfortunately became sick and could not compete in the 20km. However this did give me the chance to play spectator/photographer/cheer squad which was lots of fun. We took lots of photos of the 10/20km events and some medal ceremonies and I would be happy for you to pass on link http://jessurun.fotki.com/racewalking/wma-2011/ to any of the other competitors featured as they may wish to download copies. Originals of all images may be downloaded by clicking on the little icon at the top right of any image. Unfortunately I could not attend all the races and hope that others were able to also capture photos of those to make a more complete archive.This was my fist time competing in a WMA event and I felt a strong sense of belonging to a great team who were proud to wear the Australian colours.

In action in the 10km - Geoff Major, Lyn Ventris, George White and Ian Beaumont

Left: Stuart Kollmorgen with Emmanuel Tardi of France who provided many of the photos used hereRight: Stuart Kollmorgen, James Seid-Christmass, Ian Jessurun, Simon Evans and Garry Hastie

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Left: M70 Silver Medal in the Teams to Ian Beaumont, Patrick Sela and Geoff MajorRight: W50 medallists Carmen Garcia Frontons (Spain), Lyn Ventris and Pam Tindal

Left: M65 medallists Russ Dickenson, Andrew Jamieson and Marcel Jobin (Canada). Marcel won the 1978 Comm Games walkRight: W60 medallists Liz Feldman, Heather Carr and Judy Heller (USA)

Finally, here are the top performances, male and female, from an Age Graded perspective. It is great to see Australians Andrew Jamieson and Lyn Ventris atop their respective lists.

1. Andrew Jamieson 65 AUS 50:11.38 96.67% 2. Ian Richards 63 GBR 50:01.34 94.92% 3. Jonathan Matthews 55 USA 46:55.46 93.73% 4. Jose Luis Lopez Camarena 61 MEX 49:50.84 93.32% 5. Graziano Morotti 60 ITA 49:33.13 92.97% 6. Chris Schmid 64 USA 52:32.30 91.36% 7. Marcel Jobin 69 CAN 55:50.77 91.02% 8. Aglya Kuchumor 73 RUS 59:22.74 90.13%9. Anatoly Shipitsyn 56 RUS 49:24.32 89.84% 10. Fabio Ruzzier 58 SLO 50:31.75 89.42% 11. Mike Parker 58 NZL 50:58.63 88.63% 12. Colin Heywood 56 AUS 50:11.81 88.42%

1. Lynette Ventris 54 AUS 49:51.84 96.90% 2. Elton Richardson 72 USA 1:04:03.90 96.28% 3. Ma Ramirez vda de Banue 94 MEX 1:51:29.16 95.42%4. Louise Walters 71 USA 1:04:04.22 94.66% 5. Heather Carr 61 AUS 57:19.43 91.50% 6. Shirley Dockstader 78 USA 1:15:36.43 91.22% 7. Pirjo Karetie 68 FIN 1:03:36.98 90.91% 8. Barbara Nell 56 RSA 54:58.31 89.86% 9. Hatsue Matsumoto 69 JAP 1:05:42.19 89.39% 10. Janet Robinson 70 USA 1:07:51.46 87.95% 11. Pam Tindal 51 AUS 53:59.00 86.79% 12. Panseluta Geer 64 USA 1:03:16.55 86.24%

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FUTURE WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP VENUES DECIDED

The venues for the next World Masters Championships were decided at this year’s world championships in Sacramento. The 2014 indoor championships have been awarded to Budapest (end of March / beginning of April) and it will include track 3000m and 10km road. The 2015 stadia championships have been awarded to Lyon (end of July/beginning of August) and it will include 5000m track, 10km road and 20km road.

In addition it was also decided to move all World Stadia Championships after 2015 to even years and all Indoor Championships to odd years. As a result there will also be a World Stadia Championships in Perth in October 2016. This change has been made so that after 2013 there will no longer be clashes between World Masters Games and World Masters Championships which are held every 4 years, in odd years. In the summer of 2013 there will be a World Masters Games in Torino, Italy and a World Masters Championship in Brazil. World Masters Championships are equivalent to IAAF World Championships while World Masters Games are multi sport championships that include athletics and can be likened to the Olympics. The World Masters Association has decided to work with the World Masters Games organisers so that these different championships complement each other in the future.

There does appear to be some momentum behind moving the World Masters Games, which includes most of the Olympic sports, to becoming a Masters Olympics so that there is a full suite of Games from Youth, Senior, Paralympic to Masters. The last World Masters Games were held in Sydney and attracted 28,000 competitors. Torino is expected to attract 50,000 competitors from around 100 countries who will compete in 28 sports.

8TH EUROPEAN U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS, OSTRAVA, CZE, 14-17 JULY

The highly anticipated European Under 23 Championships were held last week in Ostrava in the Czech Republic, with the two racewalks contested on Sunday.

Men's 20km Walk, Sunday 17 July, 8AMThe mens championship was held first, starting at 8AM and enjoying the cool early morning conditions. At the end, you could have thrown a blanket over the top three as Russia's Pyotr Bogatyrev broke the beam first with Poland's Dawid Tomala breathing down his neck and Denis Strelkov, also Russia, claiming bronze in the men's 20km walk. Fourth place was only a further 5 secs back in what was a very closely contested race. From world junior bronze last year, Bogatyrev is now European Under-23 champion.

"The weather was OK for me today. We are used to training when it is around 30 degrees in Mordovia, Russia," said Bogatyrev. "There were strong opponents today and the pace was quite fast. We were changing the positions every kilometre. My tactics were to keep with the group until the half of the race and then to speed up. The last kilometre was very difficult as it was hard to keep proper technique and to avoid mistakes."

1. BOGATYREV, Petr RUS 1:24:202. TOMALA, Dawid POL 1:24:213. STRELKOV, Denis RUS 1:24:254. FILIPCHUK, Valery RUS 1:24:305. HELEBRANDT, Máté HUN 1:25:14 SB6. TONTODONATI, Federico ITA 1:26:077. PARTANEN, Veli-Matti FIN 1:26:37 SB8. MACCHIA, Riccardo ITA 1:28:319. ADRAGNA, Andrea ITA 1:29:1310. HALMAN, Wojciech POL 1:29:4611. LIAKHOVICH, Aliaksandr BLR 1:30:2212. KOZLOVSKIJ, Genadij LTU 1:31:05

KARLSTRÖM, Perseus SWE DNFWOLSKI, Dawid POL DQDOHMANN, Carl GER DQ

Women's 20km Walk, Sunday 17 July, 10AMThe women started at 10AM so conditions had warmed considerably. As expected, Russian champion Tatyana Mineyeva took the 20km walk gold from fellow Russian, Nina Ochotnikova, with Spain's Julia Takacs taking bronze. Again, little separated the top 3."I was afraid because I received two warnings," admitted Mineyeva. "The first warning I did not expect at all. Takacs has a similar style and she did not get any warnings. The last kilometre I walked very slowly. I was afraid of being disqualified. The hot weather did not affect the race. I am used to even hotter conditions."

1. MINEYEVA, Tatyana RUS 1:31:422. OKHOTNIKOVA, Nina RUS 1:31:513. TAKÁCS, Julia ESP 1:31:554. PALMISANO, Antonella ITA 1:36:265. GIORGI, Eleonora ITA 1:38:416. KAZEMAKA, Anita LAT 1:38:597. GOLBA, Katarzyna POL 1:39:368. MENUET, Emilie FRA 1:41:529. ENACHE, Georgiana ROU 1:43:56 PB10. JASINSKA, Magdalena POL 1:44:1811. ELSS, Christin GER 1:44:27

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12. MASTIANICA, Inga LTU 1:44:4413. GRADINARIU, Alexandra ROU 1:44:5914. GONZÁLEZ, Raquel ESP 1:45:4615. PLATACE, Kristine LAT 1:48:4816. BAJNAI, Eszter HUN 1:51:3617. CARDOSO, Daniela POR 1:56:02

LÖFBACKA, Mikaela FIN DNFLUKYANOVA, Anna RUS DQLITWINIUK, Agata POL DQ

23RD CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CHAMPS, MAYAGUEZ, PUERTO RICO, 15-17 JULY 2011

Still talking major events, the Central American and Caribbean Championships, held in Mayagüez in Puerto Rico, have also just completed. Their walks were also held on Sunday with early starts. I gather that they were track events but don't hold me to that!

Men 20000 Meter Race Walk, Sunday 17 July1. Allan Segura Costa Rica 1:28:56.082. Joe Bonilla Puerto Rico 1:40:18.943. Luis Lopez Puerto Rico 1:40:34.16

Jose Perez Dominican Republic DQ

Women 10,000m Race Walk, Sunday 17 July1. Milanggela Rosales Venezuela 47:19.91 Championship record2. Sandra Galvis Colombia 48:23.593. Wilane Cuebas Puerto Rico 55:52.53

PARKS VICTORIA PARKING TICKET RISE

Middle Park regulars know that parking within the Albert Park parklands incurs a parking fee. I have received notification from Parks Victoria that the weekend parking fee has now risen from $20 to $2.30 so please bear this in mind when you next come down to race.

VRWC CLUB RECORDS

We have already had quite a few changes to the first cut of our VRWC club records. In particular, thanks to AIS walks coach Brent Ballance who has pointed out a number of past top performances that we had missed. All required updates have now been made and you can view the new record list at http://www.vrwc.org.au/VRWC-Club-Records-2011-07-13.pdf

Some categories are complete. For instance the 1km road records now read

1KM ROAD PERF DATE EVENT VENUE DOB AGEU9 BOYS Timucin Girgin 0:05:20 11/06/2000 RWA LBG Carnival Canberra 12/02/1992 8U10 BOYS Harry Hockley-Samon 0:05:09 13/06/2010 RWA LBG Carnival Canberra 18/10/2000 9U11 BOYS Harry Hockley-Samon 0:05:09 13/06/2010 RWA LBG Carnival Canberra 18/10/2000 9U12 BOYS Kyle Swan 0:04:44 23/05/2010 VRWC Club Race Middle Park 28/03/1999 11

U9 GIRLS Georgia Bertrand 0:05:21 07/06/2009 RWA LBG Carnival Canberra 12/07/2000 8U10 GIRLS Brodie Richardson 0:05:06 13/06/2010 RWA LBG Carnival Canberra 05/12/2000 9U11 GIRLS Brodie Richardson 0:05:06 13/06/2010 RWA LBG Carnival Canberra 05/12/2000 9U12 GIRLS Paige De Lisen 0:05:04 23/05/2010 VRWC Club Race Middle Park 09/10/1998 11

and the 10km road records read

10KM ROAD PERF DATE EVENT VENUE DOB AGEU12 BOYS Kyle Swan 0:55:18 04/09/2010 VRWC 10km Middle Park 28/03/1999 11U13 BOYS Kyle Swan 0:55:18 04/09/2010 VRWC 10km Middle Park 28/03/1999 11U14 BOYS Kyle Swan 0:55:18 04/09/2010 VRWC 10km Middle Park 28/03/1999 11U15 BOYS Nathan Brill 0:46:42 19/02/2011 AA Invit 10km Hobart, TAS 24/05/1996 14U16 BOYS Nathan Brill 0:45:42 29/05/2011 VRWC Roadwalk Middle Park 24/05/1996 15U17 BOYS Jared Tallent 0:43:53 09/06/2001 Aust 10km C'sHip Canberra 17/10/1984 16U18 BOYS Dion Russell 0:43:36 07/06/1992 LBG Carnival Canberra 08/05/1975 17U20 MEN Nathan Deakes 0:41:19 01/06/1997 Aust 10km C'sHip Canberra 17/08/1977 19U23 MEN Jared Tallent 0:39:59 July 2005 NSW 10km C'ship Sydney 17/10/1984 20OPEN MEN Nathan Deakes 0:38:09 09/06/2001 IAAF Race Krakow 17/08/1977 23M35+ MEN Mark Donahoo 0:43:45 09/04/1994 Box Hill 27/05/1958 35M40+ MEN Willi Sawall 0:40:08 1982 RWA Champ Richmond 07/11/1941 40M45+ MEN Mark Donahoo 0:46:41 21/06/2003 VRWC 10km Middle Park 27/05/1958 45M50+ MEN Willi Sawall 0:44:11 05/01/1992 Albert Park 07/11/1941 50

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M55+ MEN Andrew Jamieson 0:46:33 30/07/2005 VMA 10km C'ship Middle Park 13/06/1946 59M60+ MEN Andrew Jamieson 0:46:23 21/07/2007 VMA 10km C'ship Middle Park 13/06/1946 61M65+ MEN Ralph Bennett 0:51:56 18/08/2007 VRWC 10km Middle Park 26/12/1941 65M70+ MEN Tom Daintry 0:54:17 09/05/1981 WMA Champs Christchurch 07/04/1911 70M75+ MEN Bob Gardiner 1:01:22 14/05/2011 Vic 10km C'ship Middle Park 22/03/1936 75M80+ MEN Tom Daintry 1:04:23 25/04/1993 Knox 07/04/1911 82M85+ MEN George Knott 1:28:29 31/03/1997 Olympic Park 1910 86M90+ MEN Gus Theobald 1:17:52 22/01/1990 Apr 1897 93

U12 GIRLS UnclaimedU13 GIRLS UnclaimedU14 GIRLS Chloe McNicol-Davidson 1:06:41 22/08/2010 Aust 10km Open Brisbane 13/12/1996 13U15 GIRLS Jmara Hockley-Samon 0:57:10 04/09/2010 VRWC 10km Middle Park 12/10/1995 14U16 GIRLS Amy Burren 0:53:30 13/02/2010 World Cup Trial Hobart, TAS 4/03/1994 15U17 GIRLS Regan Lamble 0:49:38 10/05/2008 Racewalking World Cup Cheboksary 14/10/1991 16U18 GIRLS Rachel Tallent 0:48:40 19/02/2011 AA 10km U20 Race Hobart, TAS 20/02/1993 17U20 WOMEN Jess Rothwell 0:44:01 15/02/2009 VRWC 10km Middle Park 18/06/1989 19U23 WOMEN Jess Rothwell 0:44:01 15/02/2009 VRWC 10km Middle Park 18/06/1989 19OPEN WOMEN Gabrielle Blythe 0:43:28 10/07/1993 Hawksbury 09/03/1969 24W35+ WOMEN Kelly Ruddick 0:46:54 29/05/2011 Vic 10km C'Ship Middle Park 19/04/1973 38W40+ WOMEN Heather McDonald 0:49:37 16/06/1990 Grasseau 13/08/1949 40W45+ WOMEN Heather McDonald 0:50:35 04/06/1995 Geelong 13/08/1949 45W50+ WOMEN Pam Tindal 0:52:19 15/05/2010 VRWC 10km Middle Park 02/12/1959 50W55+ WOMEN Heather Carr 0:53:42 21/07/2007 VMA 10km C'ship Middle Park 13/08/1949 57W60+ WOMEN Heather Carr 0:53:57 05/06/2010 VRWC 10km Middle Park 13/08/1949 60W65+ WOMEN Brenda Riley 0:55:32 13/11/2005 VRWC 10km Middle Park 09/11/1939 66W70+ WOMEN Margaret Beaumont 1:14:47 12/07/2008 VRWC 10km Middle Park 29/03/1936 72W75+ WOMEN UnclaimedW80+ WOMEN UnclaimedW85+ WOMEN UnclaimedW90+ WOMEN Unclaimed

Make sure you check them out and advise us of any performances you think may better what we have. You can submit such requests at http://www.vrwc.org.au/vrwc-records.html

WHAT'S COMING UP

Next Saturday sees us participating in the annual State Challenge. This is a Racewalking Australia club versus club competition. The points from the fastest competitor from each member club in each race will be added and the club with the lowest point declared the winner. If a club fails to have a competitor finish in any category, that club will be awarded the same points as the highest scoring competitor. Master athletes will not be scored on their time but their age grading so all Master athletes must submit their age at entry time. All events are 'Age on the Day' for this competition.

Saturday 23 July 2011, Middle ParkRWA State Challenge and IBTA Fund Raising Day2.15pm 10km Racewalking Australia Challenge Open Men/Women 2.15pm 10km Racewalking Australia Challenge Masters Men/Women 2.15pm 10km Racewalking Australia Challenge Under 20 Men/Women 2.15pm 8km Racewalking Australia Challenge Under 18 Men/Women 2.15pm 5km Racewalking Australia Challenge Under 16 Boys/Girls2.15pm 3km Racewalking Australia Challenge Under 14 Boys/Girls2.15pm 3km Open2.30pm 2km Racewalking Australia Challenge Under 12 Boys/Girls2.30pm 1.5km Racewalking Australia Challenge Under 10 Boys/Girls

We won this last year so are keen to defend out title so make sure you keep Saturday free for racing. This is also a fundraising day for us and all proceeds from the day go towards the International Brain Tumour Association.

DATES…DATES…DATES

As usual, I finish with a list of upcoming events on the local, national and international fronts. Let me know of any errors/omissions.

2011 Australian/Victorian Winter Season Key DatesSat 23 July, 2011 Racewalking Australia Postal Challenge (each club in their home state)Sun 21 Aug, 2011 Australian Roadwalking Championships, Canberra, ACT (draft date at this stage)7-16 Oct, 2011 13th Australian Masters Games, Adelaide (see www.AustralianMastersGames.com)

2011 International FixtureAug 12-22, 2011 26th World Summer Universiade Games, Shenzhen, China. See http://www.sz2011.org/eng/index.htm

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Aug 27-Sept 4, 2011 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Daegu, Korea. See http://english.daegu2011.org Sept 7-13, 2011 4th Commonwealth Youth Games, Isle of Man, UK. See http://www.cyg2011.com/

2011 IAAF RaceWalking Challenge Series – Remaining Races27 Aug - 4 Sept 2011 The IAAF World Champs, Daegu (KOR) Category A Meet 20km, 50km17 Sept 2011 Challenge Final, La Coruña (ESP) 10km

2012 International FixtureFeb 5-12, 2012 Oceania Masters Athletics Championships, Tauranga, New ZealandApr 3-8, 2012 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships, Jyvaskyla, Finland May 12-13, 2012 25th IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Saransk, RussiaJuly 10-15, 2012 14th World Junior Championships, Barcelona, SpainJuly 27-Aug 12, 2012 30th Olympic Games, London. See http://www.london2012.com/

2013 International FixtureAug 10-18, 2013 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Moscow, RussiaJuly 10-14, 2013 8th World Youth T&F Championships, Donetsk, UkraineJuly 24 - Aug 4, 2013 World Masters Athletic Championships, Port Alegro, Brazil

2014 International Fixture2014 26th IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Taicing, ChinaMar/Apr 2014 World Masters Indoor Championships, Budapest, HUNJuly 23 – Aug 3, 2014 20th Commonwealth Games, Glasgow. See http://www.glasgow2014.com/

Looking even further forwardAugust 22-30, 2015 15th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Beijing, ChinaJuly/Aug 2015 20th World Masters T&F Champs Stadia, Lyon, France Aug 2016 31st Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL. See http://www.rio2016.org.br/en/Default.aspx July 2020 32nd Olympic Games TBA: Durban, Hiroshima, Madrid, Palermo, Dubai

Tim Erickson, Secretary, VRWC, terick@melbpc.org.au, Home: 03 90125431 Mob: 0412 257 496Copies of recent newsletters are kept on the VRWC website (http://www.vrwc.org.au)

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